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UST PSA Chapter 50

◄ PSA 50 ► ║ ═ ©

A Levite from the clan of Asaph wrote this song.

Yahweh is the only true God.

He has decreed that people from all over the world

should come to him.

2 Mount Zion is as wonderful as a place can be because God’s temple is there.

God’s presence there is like a light that shines brightly.

3 Our God is approaching us to judge us.

He will now tell us what we have done right and what we have done wrong.

He is coming very powerfully, as he did at Mount Sinai,

when there was a great thunderstorm and a burning fire on the mountain as he approached it.

4 He calls upon the sky and the land to serve as witnesses of his covenant with the Israelites.

This demonstrates that he will judge them fairly according to that covenant.

5 He says, “Summon those who worship me faithfully,

those who made a covenant with me

that involved offering sacrifices to me.”

6 The sky displays the character of God so clearly,

it is as though it is saying,

“God is righteous, and he is the supreme judge.” Selah

7 God says, “You Israelite people who belong to me, listen as I speak to you.

I am the God whom you worship. I am going to tell you what you have done right and what you have done wrong.

8 You continually burn animals completely on the temple altar as sacrifices to me,

so I have no complaint that you have failed to offer sacrifices to me.

9 However, I do not really need the bulls from your herds

or the goats from your pens that you sacrifice to me.

10 I do not need them, because all of the animals that live in the forests belong to me.

All of the cattle everywhere on earth also belong to me.

11 I own all the birds that live in the mountains.

All the little creatures that move around in the fields also belong to me.

12 Because everything in the world belongs to me,

if I were hungry, I would not tell you

so that you would bring me some food to eat.

13 When you sacrifice bulls to me, I do not eat their flesh,

and when you offer goats to me, I do not drink their blood.

14 I want you to offer sacrifices to me, your God,

because you have promised to do that to thank me for helping you.

I am the God who is greater than all other spirit beings.

15 So pray to me when you are in trouble.

If you do that, I will rescue you,

and then you will honor me publicly by offering a sacrifice.”

16 But God says to wicked people,

“You should not be reciting my commandments

or talking about the covenant that I made with you!

17 You should not do that, because you hate it when I correct you,

and when I tell you to do something, you refuse to obey me.

18 When you see someone stealing,

you decide that it is acceptable for him to steal.

When you learn that people are having sexual relations with people other than their spouses,

you do the same thing.

19 You do not restrain yourselves from saying wicked things,

and you make up things to say to deceive people.

20 You consistently say bad things about members of your own family,

even about your closest relatives.

21 You do all those things,

and I have not said anything to you about them,

so you think that I do not care about them any more than you do.

But now I am going to show you all the wicked things you have done,

and I am going to judge and punish you for doing them.

22 Many of you have been ignoring me.

Pay attention to what I am saying now!

If you do not, I will destroy you.

No one will be able to rescue you.

23 When people publicly offer sacrifices to thank me for helping them,

that honors me greatly.

If people live as I want people to live,

I will rescue them when they are in trouble.”